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Someone needs a swift kick in the ding ding.
Lakewood Ranch neighborhood bans kids from playing in street | wtsp.com
Lakewood Ranch neighborhood bans kids from playing in street | wtsp.com
Yes, that's why I didn't mention a law. Either way, HOAs can be the devil and I would never live where one exists.
This is not about playing outside. It is about one specific location. The street. Streets are for cars and other vehicles. Not kids playing."I think it's ridiculous kids should be able to play in their neighborhood."
Nothing you just said is a crime, Nico. Just stay out of the street."They are taking away the fun to be honest. We just want to go outside and play. I don't know why that's such a crime," Nico argues.
There's a reason dead end streets, blocked off communities with no though streets and gated communities etc cost more to live in.
I think the biggest blank yall have talking about FL is how different a world it is from Texas. Don't think of it as the environments & attitudes you know. It is very different.
We live in a S.FL gated community w/ HOA. It is interesting to say the least. I'm not an HOA fan but for our purposes it is non-invasive on our lifestyle. I certainly will not ever own a home in an HOA community. But it keeps the trash at bay if I can be so blunt. For the waterways here, fishing is prohibited in common areas but allowed from private yards. Boating/swimming is prohibited altogether. Our streets are 25mph with speed humps all throughout. Folks still tear through here at 50mph. I'd say the biggest offenders are teenagers acting likes asses, but that isn't true. Adults are worse. Our streets have bicycle lanes painted on the shoulders, in fact most of our city streets are.
As for the type of people who live in S.FL HOA/gated communities, you'd be surprised. In fact Matefrio, money has nothing to do with the behavior we see out of the kids or adults who live in his subdivision. Honestly the demographics and housing market here in FL still throw us for a loop.
Over in Lakewood Ranch, the west coast of FL is a real retirement haven. HOAs and housing communities market and sell a lifestyle. Those selling to retirees tout the quiet, no stress life. If restricting loud kids, noise and generally the things retirees try to get away from is favored those communities will keep doing well. If residents don't want that anymore they are free to voice concerns at the meetings. If they still don't like it, they are free to leave.
You location says Texas, but you live in S Florida?
Currently. We just moved here in Oct. Will be here for a couple years for DHs work. Texas is home and we have our house in DFW
I'm in Central FL now, 11 days and counting before the move to TX. FL has its perks as a vacation/getaway spot but this is not where I want to start a family.
The neighborhood of Miramar is a family community that used to be filled with the sound of children playing outside, but the street has been silenced after a rule passed banning kids from playing in the street.